This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 446 Volume [-] Responses from Countries
How could Li Chengqian tell Duan Lun how he persuaded the countries in the Western Regions?
Could it be that he, Li Chengqian, is the only one who can protect the countries in the Western Regions?
impossible.

Some things can be done but not said.

After sending Duan Lun away, Li Chengqian and his party returned to the temporary residence.

It stands to reason that the best mansion in Watering River City is naturally Murong Xiaojun's mansion.

But Li Chengqian did not stay in Murong Xiaojun's palace.

"Where's Changle?" Li Chengqian asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Chunhua immediately said, "I just finished today's homework, and now I'm practicing martial arts in the backyard."

Li Chengqian nodded, and immediately walked towards the backyard.

Speaking of which, Changle is also very pitiful.

Although his status is noble, he really has no relatives or reason in this bitter cold place in the northwest except himself, his fake brother.

So now that he finally has a moment of free time, he really wants to make up for this little guy.

This night, Li Chengqian was chatting with Chang Le.

Of course, just because he's so laid-back doesn't mean everyone is as laid-back as him.

This night, the entire Watering River City seemed busy.

Merchants from various countries are looking for possible business opportunities, and missions from various countries are also secretly colluding.

After all, the rise of the Ming court had a decisive impact on the entire Northwest.

As for the officials of Daming, they were not idle.

The next day, September [-]th of the seventh year of Zhenguan.

As the first ray of sunlight fell on Watering River City, the originally quiet city ushered in the hustle and bustle again.

Today is the day when Li Chengqian receives envoys from various countries, so Daming made arrangements early.

Li Chengqian also summoned many officials of the Ming Dynasty in the temporary mansion early in the morning.

"All ready?" Li Chengqian asked, sitting in the upper seat.

Pusiruo ranked first among the civil servants, upon hearing the words, Banda said, "Return to Your Highness, everything is ready."

Li Chengqian nodded, looked at the people in the hall, and was quite satisfied.

Although Daming has not been established for a long time, his subordinates are also full of talents.

Not to mention Qibi Heli, Niu Jinda, Xue Rengui, these current and future famous generals, but Wang Xuance, Changsun Chong, Wan Tupu, etc. can also be regarded as heroes of the moment.

Seeing Li Chengqian nodded, Puxiro immediately arranged for people to bring in the envoys from various countries.

Not long after, envoys from various countries headed by Duan Lun filed in.

"See King Ming Ming." Everyone bowed in unison to salute.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Excuse me."

"This time the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I am very happy that you can come to watch the ceremony." Li Chengqian laughed.

"Ming Wang is polite." Lu Dongzan said with a smile, "Our two countries live next to each other, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I, Tubo, will naturally come to present a generous gift."

What he said was not wrong, what Tubo sent was indeed a generous gift.

Not only Tubo, but also the congratulatory gifts from various countries are not light.

But Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this, he understood what this guy meant, wasn't he just asking for Daming's return gift?

The reason why they gave heavy gifts was to get some gifts in return.

If the return gift is an ordnance, then it is naturally the best thing.

"Everyone has a heart." Li Chengqian said, "This king will definitely remember the deep friendship of all countries!

To be honest, the congratulatory gifts from various countries are really beyond my expectations. Everyone knows that my court of the Ming Dynasty has just established a country, and it is a time when resources are scarce. The congratulatory gifts from various countries can be regarded as a relief Daming's urgent need. "

"Your Majesty is being polite." Lu Dongzan also smiled, although he really wanted to ask what the Ming court's return gift was, but no matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't ask.

"Your Highness, this is the letter of credence officially submitted by my Tang Dynasty." At this moment, Duan Lun came out, took out the letter of credentials that Li Er had prepared earlier, and handed it over.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian gave Eunuch Yuan a wink, and Eunuch Yuan immediately stepped forward to accept Duan Lun's letter of credence.

Not only Duan Lun, but the envoys from various countries also submitted their credentials one after another upon seeing this.

Li Chengqian casually flipped through the credentials of various countries, but didn't say much.

This thing is actually nothing to look at, it's just some official words, but it doesn't really have any content.

"Your Highness, when the foreign ministers are leaving, His Majesty has an explanation to ask the foreign ministers to discuss with His Highness before starting border trade." At this moment, Duan Lun spoke first.

In the past year, Datang has indeed received dividends from commercial taxes.

Although Datang is still a big agricultural country, it would be a good thing for Datang itself if it can make up for one or two through commercial taxes.

But when it comes to commercial taxes, whether it is Li Er or the officials of Datang, they are surprised to find that in the commercial taxes of Datang, the goods of the Ming royal court account for a non-negligible proportion.

So opening border trade again has become something that everyone in the Tang Dynasty wants to do.

As the saying goes, if there is no benefit, it is too late. As long as it is beneficial, everything can be put aside.

Just as Duan Lun finished speaking, Lu Dongzan also stood up and said, "Your Highness, I, Tubo, would also like to exchange information with the Ming court."

Of course, Tubo wanted to share in such a good thing.

It's not just them, Xue Yantuo, the countries of the Western Regions, who is not willing to do business with the Ming court?

In the final analysis, the geographical location of the Daming Royal Court is really amazing.

He was born to eat business and trade.

Li Chengqian smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Don't worry, Daming also has plans in this regard this time. The king has already communicated with the Ministry of Households. It is likely that two border trade ports will be built in Daming. The king has arranged for Pu Shangshu to start preparations."

For Li Chengqian, this is indeed something he needs to consider.

If nothing else, just let go of business and trade, it will be of great benefit and no harm to his Daming royal court.

Hearing what Li Chengqian said, Gu Jianzhang immediately asked, "I don't know where all the trading ports of Ming Dynasty are?"

Their Dazhao Wangting now has nothing to do, if they can win a trade port for the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be an opportunity for their Dazhao Wangting.

After all, everything produced by the Ming court today is very popular.

"As for the trade ports, the specifics haven't been decided yet." Li Chengqian smiled and said, "After all, with Daming's ability, we can only build two border trade ports for the time being. Naturally, we must be cautious about the addresses."

Hearing what he said, the envoys from all over the world were moved.

Nowadays, there is still a market for the gadgets made by Daming.

If they can enjoy this bonus, it will be a good thing for them.

However, the two trade ports that Li Chengqian mentioned made it difficult for them.

After all, everyone wants to get dividends at this trade port.

Typical wolves have more meat and less meat.

Of course, there is a reason why Li Chengqian only mentioned two trading ports.

This is a very precise value.

If there are too many, it seems too cheap, but if there is only one, everyone knows that it must be with Datang.

After all, no matter in terms of relationship or practical interests, there must be close trade between Daming and Datang.

So if there is only one, you don't have to think about it.

But Li Chengqian just mentioned two trade ports, which means that everyone still has a chance.

As for who this opportunity will fall into, that is up to each individual.

This time, everyone understood.

Don't say much at the moment, everyone is not a fool, and now I am going to have an in-depth exchange with Li Chengqian or the officials of Daming in private.

"Your Highness." Xue Yantuo's envoy said, "I wonder if Daming's armaments will be sold to others? I remember that Daming sold them to Western Turks before.

Now that Western Turk has surrendered to His Highness, I, Xue Yantuo, am also willing to..."

Before Li Chengqian could reply, the envoy of Goguryeo immediately stood up and said, "Your Highness, I, Goguryeo, also intend to buy some military equipment from Ming Dynasty."

"Your envoy is joking." Li Chengqian looked at the envoy of Goguryeo, and smiled immediately, "Now Goguryeo is fighting against Datang. Although this king has established his own royal court, in the final analysis, this king and Datang are still inextricably linked. wisps of relationship.

It is not realistic for you to ask this king to sell weapons to Goguryeo.

As for Xue Yantuo. "Speaking of this, Li Chengqian looked at Xue Yantuo's envoy, shook his head, and said, "This king still needs to discuss something, after all..."

If you sell it, he will definitely sell it, but how to sell it and to whom, you really need to think about it carefully.

Xue Yantuo's envoy was not in a hurry when he heard the words, he just asked about Li Chengqian's attitude.

As for the envoys of Goguryeo, hehe, they already knew the answer.

No surprise there.

"Your Highness, we don't need armaments." Gu Jianzhang said, "My Great Zhao Wangting wants to establish a long-term trade relationship with your country..."

For their Great Zhao Wang Ting, armaments are really not important. With Ming and Tang, they don't value military strength the least.

To put it simply, even if they are now vigorously developing their military, they will not be able to beat Daming and Tang. Since they can't beat them, why should they worry about this issue?

Anyway, as long as Daming and Datang don't move their Great Zhao Wangting, will other countries dare to move rashly?

Therefore, his purpose this time is very simple, to open up business channels.

Even if it is a border trade port, he will only try his best to fight for it, but he will only fight for it, and will not force it.

On the contrary, achieving a long-term trade relationship with Daming is his most important goal this time.

Li Chengqian didn't object to this either, he also needed to sell Daming's goods all over the world, so it wouldn't be a bad thing to have one more distributor.

"This is no problem." Li Chengqian said, "It's enough for your envoy to discuss with the Ministry of Household Affairs."

On this point, Li Chengqian is very generous.

Seeing this, the envoys from other countries immediately expressed their intention to establish trade relations with Daming.

Regardless of where the trade port is built, eat the meat first.

In this regard, Li Chengqian did not refuse, and agreed to all of them.

Next, everyone discussed other trivial matters, and when it was approaching noon, everyone dispersed.

"If your envoy has nothing to do, why don't we find a place to sit together?" Coming out of Li Chengqian, Lu Dongzan found Gu Jianzhang who was alone.

Gu Jianzhang was a little stunned when he heard this, but he still nodded and said, "It's a great honor."

He used to be a little-known little man, a really little man, and it was a coincidence that he was able to achieve his current status.

So facing people like Lu Dongzan, he was still a little nervous.

After all, Great Zhao Wang Ting really established the country not long ago.

Although others didn't say it clearly, many people looked at him as the emissary of Great Zhao Wang Ting, and there was a bit of ridicule in their eyes, which seemed to mean that their Great Zhao Wang Ting was simply imitating others.

He could feel it, but he couldn't refute it.

Should I say it or not, his Da Zhao Wang Ting himself is imitating the East.

This is nothing to be ashamed to admit.

"Please." Lu Dongzan made a gesture of invitation, and winked at Goguryeo and Xue Yantuo's envoys. Immediately, they found a restaurant and walked in.

Seeing that there were envoys from Goguryeo and Xue Yantuo, Gu Jianzhang was a little dazed. He hadn't figured out what the purpose of these people came to him.

"I don't know why you are looking for this old man?" After taking his seat, Gu Jianzhang asked with a puzzled expression.

Lu Dongzan exchanged glances with the envoys of Goguryeo and Xue Yantuo, and immediately said bluntly: "It's like this..."

Without any foreshadowing, Lu Dongzan directly stated what they discussed last night.

After hearing what he said, Gu Jianzhang was also taken aback.

Ally?

Looking for an alliance with our Great Zhao Wang Ting?
But immediately he understood.

He is not a fool, what these people value is not Da Zhao Wang Ting, but Zhao Wang Li Yuanjing's identity, he immediately shook his head and said: "I can't decide this matter, I have to ask my Highness for instructions."

He didn't dare to agree to it himself, after all, it was no small matter.

Lu Dongzan smiled and said: "It's natural, we can't make decisions about this kind of thing, but we can communicate first."

"That's right, that's right, after we go back, we have to ask our respective lords for instructions, but before that, we can communicate and understand first." The Goguryeo envoy said.

Gu Jianzhang nodded. He actually had no objection to this.

Now that King Zhao's court is at its weakest, it is not a bad thing to have a few allies.

At the same time, envoys from various countries in the Western Regions also got together and discussed.

"If we can get one of the trading ports of the Daming Royal Court, that would be a good thing for us!" said the envoy from Kucha.

After he finished speaking, everyone nodded, which is true.

If they can get a port, they can indeed benefit a lot from it.

"With the strength of our countries, it is really difficult to win a trade port.

Not to mention Datang, but also Tubo, Xue Yantuo, who is not better than us? "

This is their most embarrassing place. Although they live in countries, countries are too small, really too small.

Even compared with Su Pi, they are not competitive.

Speaking of which, they sighed again.

This is a fact.

"Actually, if we join forces to seek a trade port, wouldn't there be no possibility at all?" Suddenly, Gaochang's envoy said, "It is true that we have no competitiveness if we come out alone.

But if we unite all the countries in the Western Regions, we can still compete with other countries. "

(End of this chapter)